"The White Fox of Konoha!" declared Inari, switching from -kun to -chan by twirling around.
Naruto blinked. That was an 'oiroke no jutsu' without hand seals or apparent focus. "Uhm. Are you a boy or a girl?"
"Yes," said Inari.
"Yes?" asked Naruto.
"I am a boy or a girl," said the girl-type Inari.
"Which one?" asked Naruto.
"When I'm a boy, I'm a boy. When I'm a girl, I'm a girl," said Inari, twirling around again and genderswapping back to boy. "Though I really don't like to be both or neither, so I'm one or the other."
"You're gonna give me a headache," said Naruto.
"Ah, the 'headache no jutsu' - a very powerful and annoying technique," agreed Inari, flipping backwards to land on top of a mailbox.
"Right," said Naruto.
"We are the fabulous White Fox Of Konoha!" declared Inari-kun. "We are known for being quiet and observant, helpful to those who give us a chance, and the suspected prankster who has pulled tricks on those who hate and fear us for no reason."
"Oh?" asked Naruto.
"Inari is a good boy," said Inari. "Except when he's a good girl. Or a bad boy. Or a bad girl."
"Riiiiight," said Naruto.
Inari leapt, and as he came out from behind a post, he was back to being Inari-chan. "Besides, we have more friends than in that manga over there. Being friendly and helpful, and able to change appearance, has had its benefits."
"Change appearance?" asked Naruto.
"Yeah, we know the Academy basics, though they're a little different from how everyone else does them," said Inari-chan with a shrug. "Clone technique? Can't do a simple one. You'll see. Henge is an overpowered version - instead of an illusion your form actually changes. Which, because we're pretty smart, has been useful in LOTS of ways. Changing into a fox in order to slip through little openings in walls and the like. Can't do flight though, apparently it's a lot more complicated than it looks. Then again, it DID take you awhile to get the right rhythm to run four-legged."
"Oh?" asked Naruto. He might be able to practice and get it down?
"Then there's replacement, kawarimi no jutsu. We can do that real good, but we got to learn this technique from the manga somehow, that'd be too damn useful," said Inari-chan.
"Yeah, but I learn that at twelve, we're eleven now," remembered Naruto. "So what do I do in the meantime?"
(Posted Sun, 15 May 2011 16:43)
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